"We're making sure that any employees who were affected have counseling available through our chaplain's staff," said hospital spokeswoman Patricia Aidem. "It's heartbreaking. It's a place of healing and you come here with so much hope."

Aidem said no one could remember anything like that happening before.

Asked about security, she said, "Our position is this is an isolated incident that involved one room and one family situation."

Public records turned up no criminal offenses or professional licenses for the husband. He also had no concealed weapons permits or hunting or fishing permits.

Records indicate the couple purchased the single-family home in May 1991 and before that had lived in Torrance and Redondo Beach.